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If true, presumably that gnome and kde don't believe in the software patent but Apple doesn't want to try its luck and risk getting in a lawsuit.
(That said, they're not exactly short of lawyers for a lawsuit... Maybe it's in their interest to uphold the principle of software patents?)
Gnome and KDE had this feature LONG before Microsoft, so they have prior art to prove it’s an invalid patent
How was the patent approved if it already existed tf.
My impression is that many parents are just approved by default, letting the courts determine validity... Good for the patent office, great for the lawyers.
That's horrendous
Please note that I did mean patents in the above comment. I will let the typo stay though.
Even if it did exist Microsoft would be obligated to litigate with kde/gnome use of it.
Yeah, I meant it’s unlikely Microsoft would try to sue Gnome or KDE for it, because they’d likely lose the patent
Yeah but my understanding is if they have a patent or the copyright or whatever it is, if they do not go after any single possible infringement, they're potentially throwing away those rights at a later time. At least that's how I understand it works in the USA at least?
I believe you’re thinking of trademarks